MaKkenzie Scott has donated $26.3B in 5 years — yet she's richer now. Here's why

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, has donated more than $26 billion since 2019. She is also wealthier today than when she started giving (1).

Those two facts sit together in a way that defies common intuition about generosity and they reveal something important about how extreme wealth works.

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According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Scott's net worth stands at about $34.4 billion, despite having given away a sum that would rank among the largest personal fortunes in U.S. history (2).

Her wealth is overwhelmingly tied to Amazon shares, and the stock has risen more than 47% since April 2021, according to Fortune. The asset she's been selling and donating has been appreciating faster than she can distribute it (1).

Scott received a stake of about 4% in Amazon, then worth roughly $36 billion (3), when sh

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